Chapter 50:

Beyond the curtain, the crowd was near deafening. They had all gathered for the biggest pay-per-view of the summer and once Katie Lea and Paul Burchill made their entrance, they knew what match was about to take place. They reveled in the brother-sister duo finally coming up against a team they couldn't take lightly, one that would make sure they received exactly what they deserved.

For Randy Orton, it was a long time coming. He had planned this night since he had been forced to watch Night of Champions from his couch in St. Louis. He had watched the English troll brutalize Haley and cost her a title she had given everything for. And there had been rage. Coming back to the WWE hadn't been about him and getting back into the title chase again. Coming back as quickly as he had was for Haley. She had stood alone against them for far too long, and now he was back, to stand beside her.

With a jerky nod, he signaled the stage technician to cue his music. Just before the first sounds of Rev Theory hit the airwaves, he reached down and grasped Haley's small, warm hand in his. She returned the pressure on his fingers, smiling up at him with so much emotion that he was almost staggered by it.

There were few women who stirred anything more than a stroke of lust by his libido. The first had been his High School girlfriend, the second had been his first real adult relationship while he had been in OVW, the third had been a woman he planned on proposing to during his early days in Evolution before he caught her being unfaithful, and finally, there was Haley.

He had been careless about it in the beginning. His arrogance had been so great that he thought he could win her over with a snap of his fingers, just like every other Diva and ring rat that had fallen into his bed before her. His foolishness had cost him and now he was left waiting in the wings, where for once he was content to wait. He knew what his reward would be if he succeeded and Haley was worth the wait.

I hear voices in my head

They council me

They understand

They talk to me

With Haley's hand firmly grasped in his, he stepped out onto the stage in the familiar orange and gold glow of his titantron. Instead of the boos he had grown accustomed to receiving whenever his music hit, the crowd was now cheering for him, welcoming his presence like they hadn't in a long time.

"Introducing their opponents, the team of Haley Mariano, and Randy Orton!"

He kept his eyes on Paul Burchill as he stepped on the bottom rope of the ring, holding them apart for Haley to step through. The Chelsea native was eyeing him warily, his expression guarded, but the quiver in his Adam's apple betrayed his nerves. He hadn't been expecting a former World Champion to partner Haley tonight; he had probably been hoping Haley wouldn't have found a partner in time. After all, her pickings had been slim. But instead, Haley had found a former three time World Champion with a resume that made Paul Burchill look like a joke.

With a smirk on his face, Randy entered the ring after, playing to the crowd along with Haley. They had nothing to worry about tonight. Randy could beat Paul Burchill in his sleep and Haley had proven many times that Katie Lea had nothing on her. This would be about causing pain and exacting revenge for everything this brother-sister duo had done to the pretty brunette at his side.

The bell rang to signal the start of the match, causing a moment of tension as the four superstars surveyed each other. Then, the decision to begin the match was made when Haley turned to simply hug Randy in assurance, before the Legend Killer and Paul Burchill took position on the ring apron, leaving the two Divas in the ring to face off.

Randy leaned on the ropes to watch the two women circle each other. "I've got your back this time, Hales, kick her ass!"

For once, Katie Lea had no snappy, sarcastic commented to throw at the former Women's Champion. In fact, the British woman looked somewhat nervous as her eyes flitted from her opponent, to Randy watching them move. His surprise return had thwarted any plans she and her brother had made for this match. Haley had a partner with an incredible resume in her corner, while Katie's brother seemed to pale in comparison.

It only took one lock up and an Irish whip on Haley's part for all hell to break loose. Paul let out an aggravated shout and entered the ring, shoving Haley down from behind. This move of course, brought Randy into the action, where the former WWE Champion knocked Burchill to the mat, proceeding to dismantle him in his patented, cold and calculated manner.

Meanwhile, Katie came off the ropes and dove on top of Haley's fallen form, striking at any available flesh, trying to keep the upper hand. The two women rolled over the canvas as they grappled, eventually reaching the edge of the ring and falling over to the mat below, where they finally separated from their impromptu catfight.

In the ring, Randy leveled Paul Burchill with one of his signature dropkicks, the air he had giving him enough force to knock Burchill on his face.

"You think you would have learned your lesson, you bastard!" Randy growled, moving into his lethal joint stomping pattern. "I'm going to end your career for putting your hands on her!"

His breath came out in sharp hisses as Randy continued to distribute punishment to the Chelsea native. Even when Paul made an attempt to fight back, he countered with an inverted backbreaker. Randy was so intent and so focused that Burchill barely had time to breath, much less gain the upper hand.

Haley too was gaining momentum outside the ring. She had knocked Katie Lea loopy with a clothesline in front of the announcer's table. To keep her out of sorts, Haley kicked her harshly in the sternum to make her bend forward before using a sharp enziguri kick to the back of the skull.

Just as Haley turned back to the ring to check on Randy's progress, a shadow crossed overhead. She just managed to duck out of the way as Paul Burchill flew over the top rope outside the ring off of Randy's back body drop. That left Haley and Paul to face each other.

"Shit." On an instinct of self-preservation, since she had no doubt that Paul would turn on her as soon as he got his bearings, Haley reached under the ring apron for a weapon to use in self-defense.

It was all too fitting, she thought with a smile, once her hand closed over the handle. It's weight surprisingly felt comfortably familiar in her hand as she tugged it out into the open. Like Arthur freeing Excalibur from the stone, as was his birthright, Haley withdrew Triple H's sledgehammer from under the ring, as was her right as his trainee.

Every member of the sold-out audience went completely haywire once they realized exactly what she held in her grasp. She could have been Arthur holding Excalibur in that moment, for all the significance it held.

"Haley?" The Legend Killer's voice was full of alarm once he realized what was going on and recognizing Hale's intent.

She simply shook her head to ward him off. "It's payback, Randy." She stated firmly, her eyes never leaving Paul's rising form. Tonight, she was the Cerebral Assassin.

Paul turned towards the sound of her voice, preparing to charge out of sheer desperation. Like she had seen Hunter do millions of times over his career, Haley lifted the hammer and struck home in Burchill's solar plexus. He weezed out the air the hammer had forced from his lungs, while Haley smirked over him triumphantly, looking very much like the Game well played.

"See how you like being incapacitated." She looked up at Randy and winked. "Let's finish this!"

Randy dropped out of the ring to forcibly drag Burchill back in. "I've got him." He nodded his agreement. "Nice shot by the way, but you might want to take care of that." He gestured over Haley's shoulder, to Katie Lea who back on her feet and glaring at them maliciously.

Haley's smirked twisted in a taunting fashion. "Come and get me, bitch." She challenged, before sliding into the ring behind Randy and Paul, Katie hot on her heels.

They had only a split second to decide, and both made the decision simultaneously. Haley and Randy exchanged a look and both smiled. Haley ducked under Katie's strike and when she turned, both Haley and Randy leapt upwards in unison, seizing the Burchills from the back of the neck and slammed them into the canvas with double RKOs.

Since Randy and Paul were never legally tagged in, Haley nonchalantly made the cover, knowing no one ever kicked out of a RKO. In three seconds, the match was over. Rev theory blasted in the background as they won.

"Here are your winners, Haley Mariano and Randy Orton!" Lilian Garcia informed the crowd.

"Ah!" Haley laughed as Randy hauled her off her feet and swung her tiny frame around in a celebratory hug. "We're still undefeated!" She cried out in joy.

"That's because we're the best." Randy set her back down, grinning broadly in his own joy. "Now we're one step closer to getting our titles back."

Taking her hand back into his, he raised their arms in victory, while the crowd around them roared their approval of the match results.

A/N: Okay, so it's been awhile since my last update. Part of that is because I have finals in a week, my college is on tri-mesters so I've had projects and papers due up the ying yang. The other part is because for the past week I've boycotted WWE, I did not watch ECW or SmackDown. Just to spite them I watched TNA. I'm so flipping furious about Batista losing the WHC I could kill someone, but that's not fair to you guys so I'm back to updating. All I can say is that if Cena does not FU that motherf***er at Survivor Series I'll do it myself.

Then Dave can beat Cena and be WHC again. All will be right with the world.

The only thing that kept me sane was Randy's return and him punting Dibiase in the head. I lmfao for that one. Yay Randy!

Also, I transferred this to a new email, so from now on, review responses are back. So please review, even if you're mad at me lol.

P.S. Jenny: Haley's finishing move is a spinebuster followed by Haley's Comet (which is essentially a corkscrew splash from the top turnbuckle). She's also known for ending matches on Rockbottoms, Sharpshooters and the People's Elbow. But for the most part, its a spinebuster to knock her opponent down and a Haley's Comet to take them out.